BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP -BANGLADESH BUREAUCRACY

Author: Mohd Aminul Karim

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2007v28n3a1

ABSTRACT

Colonial legacy and Weberian concepts tend to block the sharpening of Bangladesh bureaucracy which has to meet the challenges of a fast moving transformational society of Bangladesh. Bangladesh is changing fast, as is clearly discernible, among others, in the fields of private sector, economy, technology, culture, values, attitude and hopes and aspirations of the people to meet the demands of the globalized fast moving knowledge based world. The felt need of the Bangladesh society today is to revamp the otherwise stereotyped bureaucracy that can look for vision and be more proactive,more positive, more responsive,able to challenge the status quo, and be creative,risk taker, better decision maker and harmonizer. What needs to be stressed is the imperative of Emotional Intelligence relative to the Intelligence Quotient. There needs to be an attitudinal change armed with the latest knowledge of how to take charge of an ambiguous, uncertain and volatile environment. A tested institutional/field level model that meets the needs of a transformational society like Bangladesh may be followed to instill the values, attitudes, skills, visionary abilities in the otherwise routine bureaucracy of Bangladesh. The moot point is: the bureaucracy should cross the transactional threshold to enter into transformational arena.